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Page 2 — Health Care Properties Quarterly — January 2018
Contents Letter from the Editor
I t’s hard to believe that it’s
already 2018 and another
Health Care Properties Quar-
terly is published!
The health care and senior
property market was one of Colo-
rado’s strongest asset classes in
2017 and it will be interesting to
see what this year brings and how
everything from health care reform
to taxes influences the industry.
It also will be
interesting to see
what new trends
will shape the
market and which
will continue to
impact the design,
construction and
location of health
care properties in
Colorado.
The first issue of the year takes
a look at the recent activity within
the market, including new proj-
ects coming out of the ground. As
always, it seems the Denver metro
area has a multitude of medical
office buildings and senior liv-
ing projects taking shape as well
as hospital systems growing and
expanding their presence on exist-
ing and new campuses.
As part of this growth, UCHealth
shines a spotlight on what the
health system is doing in Colorado,
in particular its goals to bring high-
quality health care closer to home.
The movement to bring health
care closer to home and that result
also is discussed by Hord Coplan
Macht, specifically how the move-
ment of hospital services lines from
inpatient to outpatient facilities is
shaking up the demand and design
of these facilities and what are
important considerations to factor
in the decision-making process.
This issue of HCPQ also offers
a glimpse at hot topics regarding
health care properties from the
contractor and engineering per-
spective.
Catamount Constructors exam-
ines what is driving health care
technology and what role contrac-
tors play in this evolving aspect of
the industry while BCER Engineer-
ing looks at the balance between
fire and life safety with the aesthet-
ics of a facility.
Additionally, the issue shares a
look at the senior and housing care
market, including a new series by
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
The law firm shared the first part
of a series of articles discussing
real estate issues that are unique to
senior living facilities transactions.
It’s a great new addition to the
quarterly, which also looks to the
challenges in designing spaces for
seniors that foster healthier resi-
dents as well as engagement with
the great outdoors and the difficul-
ties in retaining top executive direc-
tors for senior living and skilled
nursing communities.
As always, thank you for reading!
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